The Federal Circuit Court recently held that a sponsor’s threats to have their partner deported amounted to Family Violence behaviour and were grounds for a positive finding on the grant of a permanent visa to the applicant. “the threat by a sponsor to have the holder of a subclass 820 visa deported to his or
With the return of government at the recent election, it is now very likely the Department will introduce two skilled regional visas, subclass 494 and subclass 491. These new visa will come into effect from 16 November 2019. There are also new points allocation rules for subclass 491 visa as well as existing General Skilled
Federal Circuit Court has found Labour-Hire employer Ram Kumar exploited overseas workers on Australian farms. Ram Kumar has been penalised $17,000 and his Queensland labour-hire company, Seasonal Farm Services Pty Ltd, has been penalised a further $85,000. Kumar admitted his company had underpaid 144 employees a total of $60,780 between 2014 to 2015. His
In November 2016, legislation redefined the age limit of dependent children for certain visa types. The new definition is more restrictive on adult aged children. Rather than look at each situation on the facts in order to ascertain actual dependency, the government now apply a strict age rule of 23 years old. If you
During the last 12 months, the Immigration Department have increased the number of Student visa cancellations. The Department are using powers under section 116 to cancel student visas onshore, and using powers under section 128 to cancel offshore visas. Many such cancellations are unfair and unreasonable. Those that are, can successfully be challenged in
Australia has absorbed an estimated 10 million settlers since the First Fleet arrived in 1788. The majority of these settlers, some seven million, have come to Australia since 1945. The migration program has favoured skilled migrants over family reunion since 197–98. Over this century there have been 1,464,622 skilled migrant visas issued with 753,691 family stream visas. The
There are to be several beneficial changes for working holiday maker visa holders in 2017: The maximum age eligibility will increase to 35; There will be expanded work rights: Application fees to reduce; and A more beneficial taxation arrangement. This follows on from the exposing some employee abuse by parts of the agricultural
A common concern is that by adding to the supply of labour, immigration can reduce the wages of local workers (or displace them from jobs). This concept of displacement is partly a manifestation of a fallacy that there is a fixed number of jobs in an economy. However, with sufficient labour market flexibility, displaced workers
Under law Migration Regulation - F2016L01391, skilled applicants can now obtain five extra points for completing an Australian PhD or Masters (Research). This requires two years full time study in the following fields: Biological Sciences Chemical Sciences Earth Sciences Mathematical Sciences Natural and Physical Sciences Other Natural and Physical Sciences Physics and Astronomy Computer Science Information Systems
Relationship registration in Victoria has just become more sensible and beneficial to potential visa applicants. Changes came into effect 1 July 2016. Now only one person needs to be living in Victoria in order to register and only 3 months of residence needs to be shown
